Much of the criticism of Mrs May's draft deal, which has been pulled together after months of negotiations between UK and EU officials, focuses on the "backstop" agreement, designed to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland if a trade deal between the two sides can't be agreed by the end of 2020.

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Opponents of the plan, including the Northern Irish party the DUP, believe it would tie the UK into a closer alignment with the EU than they wanted from Brexit, and would "divide the UK", with Northern Ireland having to abide by some of the rules of the single market.

On Thursday afternoon, ardent Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg put in a letter of no-confidence to the Conservative backbench 1922 group, calling on his colleagues to mount a leadership challenge. If 48 letters are submitted by Conservative MPs, a leadership contest would be triggered.

But what do East Yorkshire's Tory MPs make of the prime minister's Brexit proposals?

We already know that David Davis, the Haltemprice and Howden MP, is not a fan of Theresa May's Brexit agreement - he said so multiple times on Wednesday, even before it had actually been released.

Mr Davis, writing in The Spectator, said: “The so called backstop will not actually be a backstop at all but a foundation for EU ambition to constrain our opportunities and limit our competitiveness.

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“In Brussels they admit this privately. This deal will contrive to make the customs union inescapable forever and effectively trap the UK to perpetual domination from Brussels.

“The British people voted to take back control over borders, laws and money. If this deal is agreed it will be seen as a betrayal of the referendum result.

“The British people will lose faith in their political leadership and the democratic consequences will be dire."

East Yorkshire's MPs

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is a minister in the international trade department. That he is still in that position hints he is backing the deal.

Concerning East Yorkshire's other MP, Sir Greg Knight, Hull Live's parliamentary reporter, Patrick Daly says: "I received a call back from Sir Greg Knight's office, the MP for East Yorkshire - he is going to read the document in full and decide on Monday whether he can support it.

"Sir Greg is bunkering down with a 585-page legal document while his government hangs in the balance."

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